MONTREAL – Fans of the tube-steak can rejoice. Despite fears that it might go the way of other city institutions, the Montreal Pool Room will continue to dispense arguably the best steamés in town – but from across the street.

The Montreal Pool Room, allegedly the oldest eatery in the city, moves Wednesday to new digs on the other side of the Main, a few steps away from Club Soda. Employees and patrons will have to acclimatize themselves to the new venue: it's a far cry from the old home, a monument to pure minimalism that wouldn't ever pop up in the pages of Architectural Digest